Huawei has unexpectedly unveiled the Mate 60 Pro flagship smartphone with Kirin 9000S, IP68, satellite calling and HarmonyOS 4.0 for a price of $960

Huawei without long advertising campaigns announced a flagship smartphone Mate 60 Pro. The novelty received a Kirin chip developed by a subsidiary of HiSilicon. If we talk about the top segment, we have not seen such a thing since 2021.

Here's What We Know

Huawei Mate 60 Pro is equipped with an LTPO OLED display with a resolution of 2720 x 1260 pixels. The panel has a diagonal of 6.82" and a frame refresh rate of 120 Hz. The matrix is covered by Kunlun Glass 2 protective glass.

One of the features of the smartphone is the presence of three round cutouts in the screen. Two of them are provided for a 13MP selfies camera and a scanner system 3D-face recognition. The purpose of the third sensor is not specified.

Huawei Mate 60 Pro received a triple main camera. The resolution is 50 MP (f/1.4-4) + 48 MP (3.5x zoom) + 12 MP (ultra-wide-angle). The first two modules got optical image stabilisation.

The silicon brain of the smartphone is the Kirin 9000S chip. The processor has a frequency of 1.53-2.62 GHz and Maleoon 910 graphics. The RAM capacity is 12 GB, and the storage capacity is 256-1024 GB, depending on the modification.

Huawei Mate 60 Pro received support for satellite communications. And users can not only send SMS and contact emergency services. The novelty has a full-fledged function of satellite calls. It works in the Chinese system Tiantong. The cost is about $30 per month for 200 minutes.

The flagship of the new generation is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 5000 mA * h. The smartphone has USB-C, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and NFC in its arsenal. The wired and wireless charging power is 88W and 50W respectively. The body is IP68 water and dust resistant.

Price & When We Can Expect It

The Huawei Mate 60 Pro is already available for order, but only in China. The smartphone is sold in silver, black, purple and green colours with the proprietary HarmonyOS 4.0 operating system. The cost of the 12/512 GB version was $960. Prices of modifications with 256 GB and 1 TB of memory are not yet specified.

Source: Huawei, Ice Universe